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PEOPLE v. PATRICK

Nos. 104077, 104445.

908 N.E.2d 1 (2009)

233 Ill.2d 62

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Robert PATRICK, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Ezekiel Phillips, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Sarah Curry, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant in No. 104077.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg and Albert J. Kim, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in No. 104077.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, J. Michael True and Stephen L. Gentry, Assistant Appellate Defenders, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant in No. 104445.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg and Albert J. Kim, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in No. 104445.

OPINION

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

In these consolidated appeals, we consider whether a trial court may defer ruling on a motion in limine to exclude a defendant's prior convictions from use as impeachment until after a defendant's testimony. On appeal, Patrick claimed that the trial court erred in delaying its ruling on his motion in limine and that the jury instructions were erroneous. The appellate...

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